17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A woman mourns for the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake during a ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the disaster at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, early in the morning on Jan. 17, 2012. The quake claimed the lives of 6,434 people. (Kyodo)

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